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Menu nutritional labeling: a must-do for public health
Posting calories on menus, along with the reminder that most adults require only about 2,000 calories a day, is one of the important steps that the government can take to help promote and enable more healthful eating.
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Consumer groups concerned about mechanically tenderized meat products
Following a December 24, 2009 recall of 248,000 pounds of mechanically tenderized steaks that sickened 21 consumers in 16 states, nine of whom were hospitalized, consumer groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to require labeling identifying all mechanically tenderized meat products; to include these products in its sampling program; and to inform the public and restaurants about the need for adequate cooking of these products.
Foodborne illness making millions of Americans sick
Foodborne illness causes 76 million Americans to fall sick, 325,000 Americans to be hospitalized, and 5,000 Americans to die each year. Recent foodborne illness outbreaks linked to contaminated foods highlight the inadequacies of our current food safety system. Learn what groups like NCL are doing to help improve the safety of our foods.
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